Yep. Basic chemistry.

 

If you want to remove the water spots and not have them come back...after washing and drying the bike, take a MF towel and put a little white distilled vinegar on it and wipe the bike down. This will remove the spots. Then you should use a cream wax and put a good base on the paint (I use wax on chrome too). Once that is done, keep the bike waxed and use a spray detailer on the paint (chrome too). That and make sure you do everythign to keep your bike in the shade when washing it.

By the way I learned this from a Mother's rep...

 

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the Mister Clean Auto Dry. With this you can wash your bike then spray rinse it with de-mineralized water. I never have to polish my chrome anymore. Well worth the money!

 

I did a page back, but I called it Mr. Cleans washer. Yep, easiest way to wash a bike, expecially a Vivid Black one. Well worth money.

Beary

 

Well Beary mentioned it....

I have hard water and the calcium deposits turn to rock when they dry. Vinegar would work, but will strip the wax.

I just installed a soft water line outside and wash all vehicles with it now. I should have done that years ago.

I even filled the kids pool with it this year (5400 gallons). It only cost about $2 in salt, had to regenerate the softener twice, but the water is almost perfect in the pool, and other years it took three weeks to get out the minerals and drop the PH.

Put in a soft water tap and you'll be happy as heck.

Oh, I have a Mr. Clean if anybody wants it. The filters are expensive, and it barely sprays water when you set the 'filter' mode. Waste of money when you can run a soft water line for about $30.

 

Well I tried the pledge thing and it shines it up alrigh,t but I could still see the OUTLINE of the water spot on the clear coat, it's hard to see but I know it is there, might have to try the distilled vinegar thing next time I wash it!!

 

Wax it with synthetic wax like liquid ice...spots come off a lot easier and less elbow grease....freaking elbow grease...

 

Every time I use the Harley gloss quick detail spray it streaks my vivid black paint. Then its tough to get the streaks out as it seems to have something that smears like wd 40. I think Illl stick with the Honda spray cleaner but Ive been told it will take the paint of a HARLEY LOL Me thinks Ill use it anyway!

 

u use spray detailer. meguires is the bottle i'm using now. it's not pricey at all. mothers makes it as well as many other companies. spray mist detailer. a microfiber towel, and it's done. i also use a weed sprayer, dedicated to only my harley and corvette, and use distilled water in the weed sprayer. but the spray mist detailer works great and is cheap.

 

KWB you are the winner. Ya all are working way too hard. Microfiber Towel and Vinegar 50/50 with water or straight up. Use on paint, chrome you name it, safe as can be and there aint NOTHING gets the spots off faster. Don't belive me?? Try it.